The Theater of Crows

The Theater of Crows. By Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler

The Theater of Crows

Work in progress.

The Theater of Crows

Work in progress today.

Passamezzo

 

Passamezzo.

A painting which started with the word “Passamezzo” which is an Italian folk dance of the 15th century. The example I could find of the dance had two dancers moving around each other in a way that suggested a binary system of stars to me. I have a great love for “twinny” things, so I made the dancers into ballerinas in star costumes.
8" x 10" acrylic on acid free paper. Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler.

Painting does not contain the black bars or the "My Good Babushka" watermark included here for formatting and security purposes. 

Passamezzo

Passamezzo. Work in progress today.

Passamezzo.

Work in progress today.

Cottage Maids in the Autumn Garden

Here I am noodling about, not really sure how my maids should look. They look a little bit like sideshow performers here. First they looked too plain, now they look too happy! I will have to work on them some more. What are they about? What might they be doing there?
 You can see how The Cottage Maids turned out at My Good Babushka. Painting, Chainmaille, and Needlework

The Biddenden Maids Embroidery

Mary and Elisa Chulkhurst commonly known as the Biddenden Maids, were a pair of conjoined twins supposedly born in Biddenden, Kent, England, in the year 1100. They are said to have been joined at both the shoulder and the hip, and to have lived for 34 years. It is claimed that on their death they gave five plots of land to the village, known as the Bread and Cheese Lands. The income from these lands was used to pay for an annual dole of food and drink to the poor every Easter. Since 1775, the dole has included Biddenden cakes, hard biscuits imprinted with an image of two conjoined women. From the surviving mold that was used to print the cakes, I've designed an embroidered tribute to these lovely creatures, who even though they probably never existed, should have, if this were any kind of world at all.

Mayfly

Here is my finished painting, Mayfly. You can see more pictures of it Here at My Good Babushka!